for us as the 26th district, strickland is tea party republican, a recent endorsement in one of the local papers of jerry brown pointed out. he's right in line with grover norquist. this is a real litmus test of the right wing republican agenda facing a moderate democrat who's going to stand up for a woman's right to choose, a balanced approach to the budget. it's a really marquee race for us there. host: haste, nebraska, rita go ahead. caller: thank you for taking my call. i watch c-span quite a bit. i appreciate your program because it does give a person a lot of insight to what's going on in the government world. hairlike to know is -- what i like to know is the two talkers on today -- when i first started watching, it seems they were together on the same things, friendly. then as the conversation gets on, the republican guy seem to be more defensive and aggressive. what i would like to know if you guys and the senators in the house can work together as one group for the world. for the people, who they are elected for. why can't they keep that in their mind and work for the best welfar